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New CHR Coming to 96.5 to OKC

When is it supposed to start?

This will be very welcome if done right. KKWD, since being shifted to the national Cumulus playlist, doesn't cut it as a real CHR anymore. You can't use the slogan "All the Hits" and primarily play stuff from four years ago with a healthy dose of dated early 2000s rap. Hopefully this new Tyler station does a better job. KKWD in its early days under Citadel dominated the market (even with a weak signal) so its definitely possible to take on KJ if done right.
 
Thought they had started testing, but it was just Mix 96.5 out of Tulsa...for you engineering experts (of which I am definitely not!), is there a contour map yet?
 
NightAire said:
With that kind of coverage?  I wouldn't think so!
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KKWD, since moved to the national Cumulus playlist, is terrible and embarrassing for a CHR or rhythmic CHR. Most of the songs they play are from 3-4 years ago with a heavy dose of early 2000s hip-hop. Very much in Cumulus fashion, they don't play much that is current or recent. That is almost the complete opposite of the way Citadel programmed the station. KJ 103 is the only station in the market playing today's hits. The only thing that I think is keeping KKWD afloat is heritage.
 
The comedy station is still broadcasting on 1560, but 96.5 is currently off the air. I hope they leave comedy on 1560, and use 96.5 to rebroadcast an HD-2 station, like they are doing with KRXO on 104.5. It would've been different if they decided to put classic rock on 1520 and rebroadcast that on 104.5, but there is no local heritage to 1560, other than the KEBC calls.
 
I noticed 96.5 broadcasting music on Thursday evening. It wasn't on air when I drove home from work at 5:00 PM. Playing CHR music, the station played a Now 96.5 moniker between songs. I haven't heard any DJs yet.
 
It's apparently doing 40,000 songs in-a-row. So, that means there should be no commercials until next year. It apparently originates from KRXO HD3.
 
With a translator, is no legal Station ID required at the top of the hour? I have tried to hear a station ID on 96.5, without success. The 104.5 translator plays a KRXO Oklahoma City Station ID.
 
Translators are required to ID, but they only have to ID three times per day. The translator can also ID via Morse code instead of a standard ID. So, it could be using Morse code, and, at 20 wpm, only a trained ear would know exactly what it was doing. The average listener would think it was just part of a station jingle if it was even noticed at all.

Now 96.5 should, however, still ID "KRXO HD3 Oklahoma City" once-an-hour, though it doesn't have to do that aurally. An HD Radio station can ID via display data instead.
 
Thanks for explaining translator IDs. I listened at 12:55. At 1:02 PM, the ID was partial, but better than I have heard at any other time. It started as 96.5 Oklahoma City. A Service of Tyler Media... I didn't hear the translator call sign or the KRXO HD3 Oklahoma City.

Not that any of this matters for the average listener like me. I listened to 104.5 and 96.5 while traveling to Turner Falls on Saturday. I noticed that Tulsa's Mix 96.5 bleeds through in the morning when listening on the south side of town. It wasn't a problem later in the day. 104.5 came in in the car until south of Norman.
 
Kent said:
Translators are required to ID, but they only have to ID three times per day. The translator can also ID via Morse code instead of a standard ID. So, it could be using Morse code, and, at 20 wpm, only a trained ear would know exactly what it was doing. The average listener would think it was just part of a station jingle if it was even noticed at all.

Now 96.5 should, however, still ID "KRXO HD3 Oklahoma City" once-an-hour, though it doesn't have to do that aurally. An HD Radio station can ID via display data instead.
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Translators can also ID via a FSK (freq. shift keying) of the carrier. A few God-casters do that with their Crown transmitters, and a few other models like BW Broadcast offer that option. Somehow, I doubt they are doing that. I've also noticed the lack of the KRXO HD1, OKlahoma City on "The Franchise" and KRXO HD2, Oklahoma City on "KRXO 104.5" too. Although it makes sense, I was unaware that ID'ing a station with the PAD data was a substitute for the aural ID. And, I'm pretty sure that wouldn't help the 100% simulcast on 104.5's need to also ID as KRXO HD2, Oklahoma City at the top of every hour. Considering the how history has been unkind to their family because of technicality of the law, I would be damn sure that every "i" is dotted and "t" is crossed when playing games like putting HD on analog translators. You have to know some people in town probably aren't exactly beaming with happiness they suddenly are getting a new competitor via a newly-installed hairdryer on a tall tower.
 
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